PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guowr monster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Jericho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

monster
vs
Jericho

190 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Guowr monster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dante Jericho!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
monster tries to clinch there but Jericho circles away.
monster lands a nice looking body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - monster looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
monster tries to clinch but Jericho is having none of it.
monster fails in his attempt to clinch.
monster moves in looking to clinch but Jericho pushes him off.

Jericho shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jericho thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jericho thows a huge punch but monster dodges it nicely.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jericho thows a huge punch but monster dodges it nicely.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Jericho seems to be working for a kimura but monster defends the submission attempt.
Jericho thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed monster's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
monster is trying to stand back up but Jericho is controlling him

Jericho wants to work for an arm triangle but monster is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
monster is not content to let Jericho control the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
monster fails with an attempt to clinch.
monster tries to clinch up.
Jericho swats away the attempt to clinch by monster.
monster fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
monster fails in his attempt to clinch.
monster is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jericho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guowr monster seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
monster tries to clinch up but Jericho circles away and keeps his distance.
monster is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
monster tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - monster looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
monster is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
monster tries to clinch there but Jericho circles away.

Jericho shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. monster manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
monster wants to get back to his feet but Jericho is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jericho lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
monster knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jericho on the ground.
Jericho stops monster from standing up.

Jericho drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jericho jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Jericho has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jericho drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Jericho as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! monster screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Jericho! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Dante Jericho!